Every new Grounded update is exciting because it puts the early access game one step closer to being finally complete. As Grounded continues to be updated month after month, it gives the early adopters a fresh new look at what to expect from the finalized version of the game. Here’s everything you need to know
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Obsidian Entertainment has proven again and again that they make quality games. With work over the decades spanning from Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II to Fallout: New Vegas to 2019’s The Outer Worlds, they have nailed down what it means to maintain player’s attention. One of their newest outings, Grounded has gotten another patch while
Valheim is the latest game to blow up on the internet. It’s a Viking-based RPG created by developers Iron Gate. The game is available now on Steam through early access and is already doing astonishingly well. Within the first couple of weeks, the game received a player base of over two million and hit over
After over four months since the launch of Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios revealed in a pre-patch announcement that the fourth patch of the game will be available soon for all the players. Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 4 changelog is yet to be revealed, but the developers did mention that the new update will remove
In almost a week from its launch, Valheim has already turned into one of the most trending video games with a lot of players jump into this early access survival experience to have fun. However, if you want to make progress in Valheim, you need to learn some essential tips, and the Valheim mining activities
The Grand Theft Auto franchise is an incredibly popular series of bombastic tales. Over time, Rockstar Games has fleshed the games out with a mind-boggling number of things to do. However, even after all this time, they still haven’t added the ability to fling a horse’s poop at your enemies in the middle of combat.
We all need some relaxation and destressing in our lives right now so Kingdom: New Lands developer Noio Games has finally announced an early access release date for their chilled out title, Cloud Gardens. The game is set to launch into Steam Early Access next month on September 9 and in the meantime, you can
Bartlow’s Dread Machine from Beep Games exists in a world where an old-fashioned pub game makes a reappearance. The game mixes bullet-hell mechanics with an old-timey aesthetic that helps drive how the game plays. Beep Games recently brought the game into early access on PC before its September release. Give some of the early gameplay
Baldur’s Gate 3 was originally slated to launch in early access this month, but as of now, Larian Studios has revealed that this will no longer be the case. Luckily, the highly-anticipated RPG’s new launch date isn’t said to be too far off. Larian made the announcement over on its official Twitter page today that Baldur’s
Recently, Echtra has been making a ton of changes to their new Torchlight game. The team transitioned their old Torchlight Frontiers project from free-to-play to premium, renaming it Torchlight 3 in the process. They’ve also been slowly adding new classes, features, and updates. And now, the game is in early access to give the developers
Rogue Legacy 2 was officially revealed earlier this year. The follow-up to Cellar Door Games‘ hit roguelike brings an entirely new visual style. Today, the team dropped a new trailer, which let us know the game is coming to early access next month. It also gives us a quick look at the new toys the
I absolutely love the Dungeon Defenders games, but Chromatic Games has created a truly confusing franchise. I say confusing because even now, Dungeon Defenders fans are split between playing multiple games; the original, Dungeon Defenders II, and now, Dungeon Defenders: Awakened. Dungeon Defenders: Awakened hopes to be Chromatic’s answer to those asking, “Which Dungeon Defenders
The original version of Griftlands from Klei Entertainment was announced way back in 2017. However, since then, the game has gone through quite a few changes. The Don’t Starve devs transitioned from an open-world RPG to a card-based system, revealing the sweeping changes at E3 2019. At that point, they launched the Alpha version exclusively
Following its early access launch this year, Chromatic Games released Dungeon Defenders Awakened this week alongside its 1.0 update. As a long-time Dungeon Defenders player, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this update, as previously Awakened was pretty bare-bones, and I often found myself going back to previous Dungeon Defenders titles to scratch my tower-defense itch. After
Since launching into early access on Steam last August, Monster Sanctuary has seen several updates to expand and improve the Metroidvania meets Pokemon hybrid. Developer Moi Rai Games has already added important elements like PVP to its early access title. And there’s more to come. Some of that “more” is out now, as the team
Usually, when a game launches into early access, I do my best to admire it from afar. It’s not that I have anything against playing games still in active development. It’s just that I worry if I dive into an early access game, I won’t want to play the final version. The sheer number of
Usually, when a game launches into early access, I do my best to admire it from afar. It’s not that I have anything against playing games still in active development. It’s just that I worry if I dive into an early access game, I won’t want to play the final version. The sheer number of
There has been a hole in gaming for the last ten years. A hole that no recent title can really ever fill. A skateboard-shaped hole, one that reminds me of the days spent with friends seeing how far we could fling our character. However, the newest skateboard sim Skater XL seems primed to fill in that
After launching in early access exactly one month ago today, Humble Bundle has announced that its Pokemon-inspired title Temtem has already reached a rather impressive milestone. In total, Temtem has already sold over 500,000 copies around the world. While this might not be all that impressive for larger, triple-A releases, for a game of a smaller size like Temtem
Since jumping into the publishing side of the industry, Team17 has put out hits like Overcooked!, Yoku’s Island Express, and My Time at Portia. Their next game is Bad Yolk’s Main Assembly, a game that meshes robot-building and physics-based gameplay. It boasts that classic Team17 charm and some nifty-looking building tools. Give the new trailer
It has been a long time coming but Media Molecule’s Dreams is finally set to formally release next week. This full release of Dreams comes nearly a year after the game entered its Early Access phase in April 2019. Now, Media Molecule has revealed that those who were early adopters of the game will be able to
Dota Underlords, Valve’s Dota themed auto battler, launched on Steam in June 2019. Ever since then its been in an early-access state, running a “beta season”. Over that time Valve has expanded the game’s reach, making it available mobile devices through both the App Store and Google Play Store. This long beta-phase has undoubtedly hurt the
In 2018, Ink Stains Games successfully ran a Kickstarter for their game Stoneshard. Since then, the game has picked up HypeTrain Digital (Police Stories) as a publisher, while continuing to just better and better looking. And now, the turn-based RPG that was initially slated to be out a while ago, is finally ready for its
Temtem is a lot like Pokemon. Let’s get that out in the open right away. Developer Crema has described Temtem as “a massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure inspired by Pokemon” on their Steam page. Their inspirations are open and unabashed. Many will look at this and simply dismiss it as a Pokemon clone, or an ascended
The road to Vortex Rising’s release has been an interesting one. Creator Chris Kovalik originally worked on Icons: Combat Arena, a Super Smash Bros-like platform fighter that failed to make an impact and quickly shuttered in 2018. Last year, DualShockers talked about that project’s ups and downs with Kovalik, ultimately revealing the impending releases of
Monster Sanctuary is a fascinating fusion between Pokemon monster battling and Metroidvania world exploration. The team at Moi Rai Games launched the game in early access this August, and has steadily been adding new content to the game. Their newest update adds online multiplayer battles, something many fans have been asking for. Give the new
Frozenbyte – the team behind the popular Trine series – is throwing their hat into the MMO market with the upcoming Starbase. This new MMO will let players build their own spaceships, explore the vastness of space, and be whatever kind of intergalactic captain they’d like. The devs are also promising the universe will be
Mechanic Miner is a game about building a steam-powered machine to help you survive a physics-based sandbox world. You’ll gather resources, kill monsters, and use your imagination to create wild new contraptions to conquer the desolate land. The team at Hello John has put the game into early access and shared a brand new trailer
Human Head Studios first unveiled a brand new game set in the Rune universe in August 2017. At first, it was titled Rune: Ragnarok, but that title changed about half a year later to just Rune. The game made an appearance at E3 2018 and was actually poised to release via Steam Early Access on
If you’ve always dreamed of sailing an airship from port to port, trading your wares and discovering the world, then developer Coldwind Games has a game for you. Merchant of the Skies is an upcoming sandbox trading game that lets you captain your very own airship. Check out the team’s early access trailer below. Merchant